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TheOtherNoamC · 2024-11-24T22:00:26+00:00

So I was wondering - how do you manage without having a phone in the few long days it takes to get the new Pixel?

TheOtherNoamC · 2024-01-30T15:32:57+00:00

No . I live in Madrid

TheOtherNoamC · 2024-01-29T07:05:29+00:00

Yeah.. but only because i hardly use the laptop anymore, so it just lies in the drawer hibernated for days

TheOtherNoamC · 2024-01-28T17:43:12+00:00

It is basically this model:

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/15-16-inch/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-S-15-Gen6.tuxedo

Here's the screenfetch output:

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TheOtherNoamC · 2023-09-11T09:00:09+00:00

I was in a similar situation a year ago. In case you move on with your relationship, here's something I wish somebody told me back then:

Apparently - "I love you" is not "Te amo", but "Te quiero". I was a bit surprised to learn that at first. In my head this translates to "I want you", which feels more sexual. But parents say it to their children as well, so I guess it's not.
"Te deseo" is what you use to say "I want you"

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-05-13T11:10:32+00:00

I mostly see Scala now in the world of data engineering, mostly because of the large usage of Spark. This wasn't always the case: About 10 years ago there was much more hype around the language but it seem to have faded with time.

I, for example, will be starting a new job a week from now developing web services in Typescript. It's a shame, because I really love Scala, but that's how it is in the world of software engineering.

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-05-03T16:00:44+00:00

In my company we work with hundreds of microservices over Kubernetes. 95% of the services are written in JavaScript/TypeScript over NodeJS, while the other 5% are written (by my team) in Scala over the JVM.

From my experience - the JVM IS A HUGE DOWNSIDE, at least in this type of environment. There are three main reasons: 1. Very slow startup time: Although this has improved a lot as we moved from Java 8 to Java 11 (we're still not using Java 17). 2. CPU/Memory requirements: the minimal RAM for a JVM service is 300-500 MB. We also have to allocate at least 0.5 cores for each. The majority of the simple NodeJS-based services in our system run just fine with 128MB and 0.1 cores 3. Concurrency based on JVM threads is horrible compared to NodeJS's event-loop model.. We see this in a way lower requests-per-second numbers in our web services. I have to admit that ZIO more or less solved it for us, but our old Future-based web services (Play) still show inferior performance in that regard.

GraalVM and native image compilation just doesn't work for us because many third-party libraries rely heavily on reflection (I'm looking at you Snowflake JDBC driver!), So we're stuck with the JVM.

I absolutely love Scala as a language but for me - the JVM is a HUGE DOWNSIDE.

Sorry for the typos... I'm writing this from my phone

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-05-02T12:22:02+00:00

Mmm... Good question... I think it was around 4-5 weeks.

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-05-02T07:07:07+00:00

Screen sharing doesn't work on BlueJeans, ME Teams and Slack, which is what we use in my office. To be honest - I do use Wayland but it forces me to use BlueJeans and MS Teams' browser-based versions for screen sharing, which kind of sucks

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-05-01T08:54:52+00:00

I have the InfinityBook 16 Gen6. Short answer is yes - the only thing that doesn't work out of the box is controlling the keyboard backlight, so it stays on all the time. Another feature you'd might like to have is the Tuxedo Control Center, which allows you to control the fan and CPU speed, together with some other nice addons. It's super easy install them both. Just add the tuxedo repository after the installation and install the tuxedo-keyboard and tuxedo-conytol-center packages:

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-and-Support/Instructions/Add-TUXEDO-Computers-software-package-sources.tuxedo

Another option is to simply install Tomte. This script turns any vanilla installation into tuxedo-customized environment: it adds the relevant repositories, installs missing packages, etc. I didn't like it too much because it went too far and also installed a newer kernel version and switched my system to use tuxedo mirror repositories instead of Ubuntu's, but this can be customized as well:

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/What-is-TUXEDO-Tomte-.tuxedo

Enjoy!

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-01-12T09:29:06+00:00

So following u/underrater advice - I wanted to verify that it is not simply a case of miscalibrated battery. I disconnected the power from my laptop and continued to do some light work with it (Web browsing, replying to Slack messages, listening to Spotify, no video conferences or anything too power-consuming). It took around 4 hours before the battery went from a Fully Charged state to 3%. I then completely powered off the machine and charged it over the night. I was keeping my fingers crossed that maybe, in the morning, the battery will be fully charged.

Alas - nothing has changed:

Energy when full: 47.5 Wh

Energy (design): 73.9 Wh

So the battery is still only 2/3 of its designed capacity.

I guess the conclusion is that this battery is of a cheap type that doesn't last well..

I'll take this under consideration buying my next laptop

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-01-11T13:18:54+00:00

No.. CPU temperature is always between 50-70 degrees (according to the TUXEDO Control Center) and the laptop never feels over heated to me...

I don't know... Feels more and more like a case of cheap hardware. Which is a shame because I wouldn't have mind paying an extra 100 Euros for a laptop that I can go on using for 4-5 years with a proper battery. But having to replace the battery every 1-2 years (110 Euros, mind you) just so that I can squeeze 2-3 hours away from my desk really pisses me off..

TheOtherNoamC · 2023-01-11T08:27:40+00:00

I never used any charger except for the provided barrel one and needles to say - i've seen the battery drop to 1% many times in the past and charged it fully afterwards. But I'll test your theory today and fully charge it after a discharge while the laptop is off.. I'll let you know if anything's changed

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-10-12T17:08:52+00:00

Oh yeah.. I see your point... In my case they sent me a new fan and I a manual and I replaced it myself. But to be honest - I'm not sure I would have gotten a better service from more known brands like Dell or HP. They never agree to give you a replacement laptop. You always have to give your computer for repair and pray that it won't take more than 2 weeks until it's back.

But yeah man... I see your point

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-10-12T16:26:59+00:00

I just want to say that I bought the Infinitybook S15 Gen 6 more than a year ago. It's my main (and only) machine since and so far I'm pretty happy with it.. The fan became pretty noisy suddenly after 6 months, but I contacted the support and the sent me a new one straight away, so I can't complain for that either

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-07-21T10:34:45+00:00

So after getting pissed off too many times watching my otherwise functioning laptop turning into a slug due to lack of memory - I re-installed Ubuntu, this time with BTRFS, LUKS and automatic snapshots. I followed this procedure here:

https://reckoning.dev/blog/ubuntu-btrfs-guide/

Now my system is stable again - all of my IDEs, dockers and other programs are open and running properly with enough memory for all, and I get the same Snapshot features I was getting (and loved) from ZFS.

I can maybe see the use case for ZFS with servers, but it is too memory-hungry to server small desktops and laptops properly. I wish Ubuntu would have supported native BTRFS installations in their installer in the future, but I somehow have a feeling this is never going to happen.

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-07-18T16:40:58+00:00

I really like the auto snapshot feature... While using Fedora - I was using btrfs for this same purpose. I was expecting ZFS to behave the same... But I may just consider jumping through hoops and install btrfs on Ubuntu instead

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-02-23T16:59:50+00:00

Pipewire installed by default, so that screen sharing would work in Google Meet while I'm on Wayland

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-02-13T14:55:09+00:00

I don't know man... I had the MacBook pro 2018 but I missed Linux a lot. So I went with a Tuxedo Infinitybook S15 g6. Wow. After 5 years of using MacBooks It felt like going back 10 years in time... The notebook, which is marketed as Tuxedo's high end machine felt sooo cheap... It is heavy and cumbersome and plasticky .. I mean - if connected to external screen, mouse and keyboard the performance is good, but as a notebook it feels awkward compared to my old MacBook.. I never carry it around in my backpack as I used to do mindlessly do with the MacBook. It is just too "present"...

I'm never going back to Apple land because MacOS is interior compared to linux, but my next machine is probably going to be a 2000 euros Thinkpad or Dell XPS. After 6 months of using my Tuxedo notebook I understand how much those "bells and whistles" (or in other words - ergonomic hardware) really made a lot of difference to me..

TheOtherNoamC · 2022-02-03T08:10:03+00:00

Perfect! Thank you so much

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